A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2006. We present it here once more as Minor League Baseball celebrates Black History Month with stories of Black baseball pioneers.
1913: Olympic hero Jim Thorpe signs with the New York Giants. 1926: The New York Yankees send first baseman Wally Pipp to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for cash.
He exited his rookie season as the San Francisco Giants’ starting shortstop. Now Tyler Fitzgerald is shifting to his left in the infield, a move across the second-base bag that he says he welcomes.
The A’s will share Sutter Health Park with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, the top minor league affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. The two teams will have alternating schedules and will ...